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Post by Randy on Apr 12, 2012 12:02:35 GMT -5
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Post by Doug T. on Apr 12, 2012 12:12:49 GMT -5
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Post by olroy2044 on Apr 12, 2012 12:50:34 GMT -5
Definitely smokin' somethin'!
Take a look at his other offerings too.
Roy
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Post by mickeyobe on Apr 12, 2012 12:51:34 GMT -5
$1,222.00 for a display piece.
It's cheaper than a Van Gough.
Warhol painted soup cans and did all right.
I can get a can of Campbell's Tomato Soup for 99ยข
I'll have to think about it.
Mickey
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Post by nikonbob on Apr 12, 2012 13:03:56 GMT -5
I'll have some of what he is on, must be good stuff.
Bob
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Post by daveh on Apr 12, 2012 13:42:41 GMT -5
I think that I know what he has done to end up with that price. There are five dials on top. If all the numbers are added up you get about 1,222. Seems reasonable to me. Perhaps he doesn't like his turkey cold ;D
(Actually you get more than double that.)
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Post by Berndt on Apr 12, 2012 21:39:42 GMT -5
An old friend of mine always used to say: Every day, at least one stupid person stands up in the morning ... you just need to find him  |
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Post by daveh on Apr 13, 2012 0:10:15 GMT -5
Berndt,....which reminds me of the old joke: In Britain one person gets knocked down on the roads every five minutes. He keeps wondering "Why me?" I do note that the camera still has 28 days and 22 hours left. I presume Mr. Seller isn't expecting to find that stupid person too quickly. He also has several other photographic items: all seem somewhat overpriced (but then so are many works of art). He does at least have several decent photos of the offending item: every view covered. Further information on the camera here: www.cameraquest.com/ektra.htmIt does explain why the camera is sold as "non-working". |
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Post by mickeyobe on Apr 13, 2012 0:34:24 GMT -5
Having read the beautifully detailed description of the Ektra provided by the site suggested by Dave I was struck by the many similarities it has to two cameras - the Kodak Medalist l and the Exakta VX..
It seems to be an amalgam of the good features of both cameras of its era.
It is a shame its shutter was so unreliable. But for that it might be classed as one of the world's great cameras.
If I were a millionaire I might "stand up in the morning" after being "knocked down on the road" and buy the thing with my pocket change.
I would then take it to the world's most expensive camera repairer. I would then strut around for the rest of my life with it draped around my neck making all you folks drool. I'd probably wear it to bed too.
Mickey
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Post by daveh on Apr 13, 2012 7:59:18 GMT -5
It's specification is certainly "something else". There seem to be dials everywhere. Perhaps it's a camera that should have been a design concept rather than going into production. Every possibility seems to have been incorporated: every one that is except reliability. As you say, Mickey, a great shame.
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Post by Mark Vaughan on Apr 13, 2012 8:17:36 GMT -5
Maybe he meant to type $12.22?
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Post by grenouille on Apr 13, 2012 11:36:47 GMT -5
Who knows Mickey there might be a millonaire camera collector lurking around somewhere
Hye
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Post by photax on Apr 16, 2012 14:23:56 GMT -5
WOW ! That`s a lot of money for a non working item.
Mickey, if you are able to find a Campbell`s can with a signature of Andy Warhol for 0,99.- you`ll be a lucky guy ;D
PS.: I dont think that millionaires stands up in the morning, rather working people had to get up early...
MIK
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2012 16:43:30 GMT -5
He's operating on the same theory as the Nigerian spammers. If you stick an absolutely unbelievable and ridiculous offer in front of enough people, there may be one person dumb enough to bite on it.
W.
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Post by SidW on Apr 16, 2012 17:25:39 GMT -5
I like the odd $22, suggests the price was calculated precisely and accurately
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